Luminous stripes painted on the reargarage wall can help you center your car when parking. If you never are quite sure when to stop when you pull into your garage, suspend a ball on a string from the garage ceiling to act as a parking guide. Hang the ball so that it almost touches the windshield at eye level when you are seated at the steering wheel. When you drive in, stop just before the ball touches the windshield.
A "padded" garage can help you avoid scratching your car when pulling in and out. Attach sections of inner tube to both sides of the entranceway, if that is your problem area, or any-where else that there's a danger of scratching the car.
To avoid damaging your car doors after you've driven into the garage, staple inner-tube sections, foam rubber, carpet scraps, or rubber mats to the garage walls where doors might hit when opened. To soften the blow in case you accidentally collide with the garage's rear wall when parking cushion the wall with an old tire hung at bumper height.
If your wooden garage door is hard to open, it could be because it is not completely painted or sealed and so has swollen. (An unpainted door can bind at the edges and seem heavy.) To remedy this, let the door dry out thoroughly over several dry days, and then seal it by painting all surfaces, including edges.
If you need to maximize garage floor space, try hanging items such as rakes and shovels on the walls. Gain more room by filling the top half of the garage's rear wall with shelves or cabinets in which to stash small tools, automotive supplies, and garden accessories. Position these cabinets
high enough to allow the hood of your car to fit underneath. Overhead, lay a platform across the ceiling joists so that you can put the space between the ceiling and roof to work for storage, too. Maximize garage floor space by painting white lines on the floor to outline parking areas for bicycles, the lawn mower, and other large objects. Then they'll be out of the way when you want to park the car.
Save space on your garage floor by stashing storm windows or screens overhead in a simple storage rack attached to existing ceiling joists. To keep the garage floor free from grease and oil spots, place a drip pan under the car. Use a cookie sheet filled with cat litter, and replace the litter when it's saturated.
Or cut a piece of corrugated cardboard to fit the cookie sheet and change it as necessary. If you need a drip pan larger than a cookie sheet, fashion one from aluminum foil stapled to a piece of corrugated cardboard. Garage floor oil and grease spots can be cleaned with paint thinner. Apply thinner and cover overnight with cat litter, diy Portland cement, or sand, then sweep. Repeat if necessary.
Some automotive oil spots can be lifted with baking soda or cornmeal. Sprinkle on and sweep off. Repeat as necessary. If all else fails, you can camouflage garage floor drippings with paint. Apply a black stripe the width of the space between the car's tires. The stripe doubles as a parking guide. As a last resort, try removing a stain on the garage floor with full-strength laundry bleach.
A "padded" garage can help you avoid scratching your car when pulling in and out. Attach sections of inner tube to both sides of the entranceway, if that is your problem area, or any-where else that there's a danger of scratching the car.
If your wooden garage door is hard to open, it could be because it is not completely painted or sealed and so has swollen. (An unpainted door can bind at the edges and seem heavy.) To remedy this, let the door dry out thoroughly over several dry days, and then seal it by painting all surfaces, including edges.
If you need to maximize garage floor space, try hanging items such as rakes and shovels on the walls. Gain more room by filling the top half of the garage's rear wall with shelves or cabinets in which to stash small tools, automotive supplies, and garden accessories. Position these cabinets
high enough to allow the hood of your car to fit underneath. Overhead, lay a platform across the ceiling joists so that you can put the space between the ceiling and roof to work for storage, too. Maximize garage floor space by painting white lines on the floor to outline parking areas for bicycles, the lawn mower, and other large objects. Then they'll be out of the way when you want to park the car.
Save space on your garage floor by stashing storm windows or screens overhead in a simple storage rack attached to existing ceiling joists. To keep the garage floor free from grease and oil spots, place a drip pan under the car. Use a cookie sheet filled with cat litter, and replace the litter when it's saturated.
Or cut a piece of corrugated cardboard to fit the cookie sheet and change it as necessary. If you need a drip pan larger than a cookie sheet, fashion one from aluminum foil stapled to a piece of corrugated cardboard. Garage floor oil and grease spots can be cleaned with paint thinner. Apply thinner and cover overnight with cat litter, diy Portland cement, or sand, then sweep. Repeat if necessary.
Some automotive oil spots can be lifted with baking soda or cornmeal. Sprinkle on and sweep off. Repeat as necessary. If all else fails, you can camouflage garage floor drippings with paint. Apply a black stripe the width of the space between the car's tires. The stripe doubles as a parking guide. As a last resort, try removing a stain on the garage floor with full-strength laundry bleach.
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